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Tengiz Alaverdashvili Designs Mobile Media-Centric Habitation and Work Unit

mobile media centric habitation and work unit

Tbilisi, Georgia-based architect Tengiz Alaverdashvili has designed the Mobile Media-Centric Habitation and Work Unit for Arctic Perspective Initiative.

The design brief required a on-the-move media centric facility for educational research, which would be equipped with a life support. The facility would function on the renewable form of energy, would recycle wastes and be fitted with a communications system.

The project design led by Tengiz Alaverdashvili consists of five units named from A to E. The four equally sized units measuring 2x2x2 meter, combine together to form the fifth and feature sledges on their rear.

Constructed to suit two different positions – moving and static, the structure has been designed to be towed away to any desired location, thus satisfying the mobility quotient. The structure can be moved only when all four units are combined to make the fifth compartment. The individual cells are connected together with the help of specially made belts and are brought perpendicular to each other with the help of sledges. In order to separate the individual compartments again, specialized toothed-rubber lines are fixed at the joint.

The lead unit A features the main entrance, a kitchen, a bathroom and a water closet. This compartment is also equipped with equipment bags, a ladder made of steel for reaching the roof, a vent system, daylight source, and an outdoor aerial. The high-tech facility makes use of its own snow melting system and recycles grey water.

The remaining three units B, C and D function as supporting structures that may be used for work or rest. The energy supplied to these units is through a solar systems spreading over nine square metres and is lit with the help of natural daylight, provided by means of large windows. The outside of these units is constructed with the help of a two millimeter aluminum sheet, following a layer of thermally isolated wood measuring 40x138mm, the next is a layer of composite wooden sheet measuring 5mm. Other materials used to make this a fool-proof yet eco-friendly design are vapor sealing and thermal insulation foil roll along with a fabric roll.

The fifth, unit E, features a air bag roof and serves the multi-purpose of the rest of the activities. The total weight of this mobile-media structure is about 1400 kg.

Via: Architizer

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